Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-01
credit Of Richmond merchants e1ntinueI
To be elsssed among the highest.

REFLECTIONS.
For many years past scarcely bop
or pamphlet has been published in tf
industrial interests Of Richmond thl
has not drawn largely upon the lstf
January Dispatch for its figures. Tht
the facts we have gathered have n
only been given the wide circulations
this paper, but have been put irb
other channels.
If all the matter which this lisp
contains were to be put into book tJ
and on pages Of octave size it wot
make q volume as pretentious Il
monthly magazine but unhappilyb
that shape it would be used for re
reference. whereas in this it is sprtd
before the eyes Of tens Of thousandtf
people. True, few persons will rtd
the paper through. 1t is not expecf.
Unless a man be detained at couIty
station waiting five or six hours
delayed train, or is the victim Of ste
other occurrence which forces upon Ia
hours and hours of idleness, it i1Ot
to be expected that he will read etJ
line in q No. like this. What, b.
ever, is reokoned upon Is thai each pr
will turn to the department in WIN
be is most interested and CLEAN froi il
the information there to be had. 1lr
figures are oil official. We give a at
amount Of information concernin3he
citv government--its officers, finats
departmental workings, and apprq ia
tiops for the police, for the prisOnfor
the poor, &c. Here is somehng
that each citizen, taxpayer or sot,
should be informed on. lie ougt to
know where the municipal ntey
comes from where it goes otle
ought to aceuaiut himself wi'1the
operations Of the water, sis, adpo'
lice, charity, street, and other d hrt-
ments Of Ricbmond's governmeId 1t
is all here put forth in concif and
readable form, and is easy Of pre-
hensiOn.
For those interested in our Plus
tries we have our table Of mffac-
lures. reports Of the business dh by
each railroad coming here, co1ercs
of the river, internal-revenue statlcs,
post-ofiice operations, exhibitd the
iobbipg trade, and great voh OF
: like matter collected for the 9pose
of showing our own people, as IL as
the world beyond our cOrporatdEnlts'
that Richmond is moving forwaIN She
is already. at the gateway off bril-
d liant future. If you do not bbve 1t
= get in carriage and drive Tough
Fulton, and over Church au nlon
: Hills, and over ShockOe Hill, par
. ticularly through the western bnros'
= Coinfelds are becoming to- lots
10 the town lots are being ba upon /;
q the houses erected II ten
l. ants. The investments pay. what
Is we sre, what we are doing.
But it is not alone Of mere 4 sers oil
d mOrey aud trade and traffic paper
treats. We gives a great chan about
the churches and church 4 fk, and
"a about the societies and orgMAtions
o5 ergsged in labors Of religion, harity,
"a and Of improving the condi . OF the
IL human race. With these CO the va
T. ricus secret orders also thenpde and
o. labor organizations and kind t6odie5.
40 Then there is The roster Of ounlunteer
so militia, our protection in timM tumul'
ss and disorder; our eyeT.pNnt help
a. when We want TO make hneEeaniry.
Ie The sociology Of the cirhs Illus
;s trated in thetsbles Of births nrriage5,
! deaths, &C., &c. The city sputaiOr
y for healthfulness is well Hntained
a the number of deaths bein ,7ld iol
', 1886, as against l,770 for y.
N. Our list of important event
ne and our neurology will prs of grea
a interest.
NOTABLE EvEN's
w In the year just past Speople o
of Richmond went through , less tnN
nd three exciting electionsSz, th
,as local option election in At the mI
in nicipal election in May, the cor
"a. gressional election in Nofbsr. b
N. the first the people decided an oyel
Ill whelmning majority thatl censes 10
its the sale Of liquors shoul fe granite
nd here. By the second tn fetormer
lc. consisting in great part the lao'
IN. element of our populatioa revolution
nd lied the City Council, anc thtTe6y a
ise quired control Of nearl sall depar
to ments Of the city goverrfnt, and,
,bey were pledged to do p once pr,
ceeded to erect tho City fail, ana
-. .iN day labor. By the last T. delegsu
u of Virginia in COngresslgas chang
from eight Democrats an 1.-Two Repu
&C. licans TO three Democii ana sey
op. Republicans or Independfts. Inc /
At mocrats Of the RichmonJ district We
ing sorely divided until withfa few days
im. the election, when Mr. ullen (Lat
ing csndidate) withdrew ipIiAyoF oil
in Hon. George ID. Wise, \ was the
ies upon reelected by his u tal MAJ ority
ast During the year thte were nun
J to rous labor troubles throughout
nu- country. The greatest Gao here :
gy, the strike Of certain OF the Belief
are operatives, lasting for ,oout TIVE
IN. weeks, bat which was hlPpily sett
at last. ~,
,de The General COnference OF the M'
cen odist Episcopal Church, South, met
ad- in May and among other business cleo
and four bishops. =.
the The General Assembly OF the hniG
Of Labor met here in 0ctOber. On
~ the most exciting events OF Its sesi
: by ~ was the raising of tho color quest
any by Farrell and "Forty.nine."
ness ie On August Slst tho earthqr
ales shock which did so much damag
GO @ 70 Charleston was felt in Richmond,
ia created somewhat Of o panic among
Sac. SnSy convicts at the penitentiary, so
n not the military were called out to hel
.sei .:s i maintaining the discipline OF the pr
! by Later in the year numerous 0
'eis sds shocks were felt at Richmond and
The where in the United States; +; bu,
ntn, pie where attained the severity OF %
:ich, en- August 3lst.
mot nas On February 9th occurred t1s
aan. yerest snow-storm since 1857. II
and accompanied by intense cold, the
faxC r 1900 Iorraoa ha1n ~